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TV/VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA - Summary
[Note that the emphasis here is deliberately more on documentaries, depth interviews and other relevant but less 'mainstream' material RATHER THAN straight 'news' reporting which is mostly covered on the News Reports page.]
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1. Four Corners (ABC) - A Dirty Business (2010) - The Good Earth (2009) 2. YouTube - Mining Boom Threatens The Hunter Valley (2010) - Coal And Regional Communities (2009) - NSW Coal Rush (2007) - Anvil Hill: The Line In The Sand (2006) |
1. Four Corners (ABC)
- 'A Dirty Business' (April, 2010)
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Australia might be riding on the coal miner's back but it seems many Australians are paying a terrible price for the mineral export boom. Reporter Andrew Fowler documents how the people in a once picturesque part of the Hunter Valley found themselves surrounded by coalmines, dust and toxic chemicals. Program features Wendy Bowman, among others. As well as the 'regular' Four Corners website (where you can read a transcript of the show) there is also a special extended website where you can watch the program in full, see extended interviews and read various correspondence, including the NSW Health Minister's response to the program. |
- 'The Good Earth' (July, 2009)
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Reporter Sarah Ferguson visits the front line as farmers confront two mining giants with a blockade that's intended to keep coal exploration teams off their property. The mining companies say that coal mines can co-exist with intensive agriculture but farmers reject this view warning they will not give up their land. Features Tim Duddy and other members of the Caroona Coal Action Group. On the Four Corners website you can view the program in full (broadband | dialup), read the full transcript and examine other materials, such as (then) Minister Ian McDonald's statement regarding the program. |
2. YouTube
- 'Mining Boom Threatens The Hunter Valley' (2010)
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There are fears the foreign hunger for coal could threaten the Hunter Valley's world famous wines and the multi-million dollar thoroughbred industry. People: |
- 'Coal And Regional Communities' (2009)
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Produced by NewGenCoal to promote the coal industry's support of regional economies across Australia. In this video, a miner, a council member and members of the business community of Mudgee, NSW, as well a national coal mining union leader, talk about the critical importance of the industry in regional Australia, and why CCS is necessary to ensure its future. People: [Bill Avery is no longer MBA President, and Percy Thompson has been replaced by Des Kennedy as Mayor.] |
- 'NSW Coal Rush' (2007)
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This doco investigates the government's expansion of the coal mining industry in NSW, Australia. It examines the effects on the community around Mudgee NSW, the economy and the environment - particularly water. People: [At the time this doco was made, Moolarben mine was waiting for final approval, which was granted later in 2007. John Kaye is now a Greens NSW Upper House MP. James Loneragan passed away in March, 2010. Julia Imrie is still on her property and is a member of the Moolarben mine Community Consultative Committee. After a period of being 'the last man standing', Rob Carroll eventually felt he had no choice but to sell and now lives in northern NSW] |
- 'Anvil Hill: The Line In The Sand' (2006)
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Documentary showing the madness of Centenial Coal wanting to rip up more of the Hunter Valley so that they can produce more greenhouse emitting coal. People: [The Anvil Hill mine - now called the Mangoola mine - was approved on 7th June, 2006. Centennial Coal onsold it to Xstrata in September, 2007. Christine Phelps, the main person featured in the doco, is now a Councillor with Muswellbrook Council, and a member of the Anvil Hill Project Watch Association Inc.] |
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